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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| attentive | mindful |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |