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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| dynamo | generator |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |