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 |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |