GRE Word List
COLLAGE
an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface
The meaning of the word collage is an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| slake | subside |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |