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 |
|---|---|
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |