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 |
|---|---|
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| gazette | newspaper |