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mottled

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore M words

marked with spots or patches of different colors

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Mottled in a sentence

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Sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting a mottled pattern on the path.

Synonyms
spottedblotchyspeckleddappled
Antonyms
uniformunblemished

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Although she had every reason to gloat after the verdict, the attorney remained blank, accepting the win without a hint of boastfulness.

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Mottled (adjective) means marked with spots or patches of different colors
Here is mottled used in an example sentence: "Sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting a mottled pattern on the path."
Common synonyms for mottled include spotted, blotchy, speckled, dappled.
Antonyms of mottled include uniform, unblemished.
Mottled is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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