GRE Word List

STIPPLE

to engrave by means of dots and flicks

The meaning of the word stipple is to engrave by means of dots and flicks.

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perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
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plaitpleat
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disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
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mentora friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus
hummocka rounded knoll or hillock