GRE Word List
FRESCO
the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments
The meaning of the word fresco is the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments.
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Word | Meaning |
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imprecation | curse |
beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
regime | regimen |
rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
cull | to select from a group : choose |
potentate | ruler |