GRE Word List
VARIEGATED
having discrete markings of different colors
The meaning of the word variegated is having discrete markings of different colors.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prosody | the study of versification |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| clime | climate |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |