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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syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
glacialsuggestive of ice: such as
ebbthe reflux of the tide toward the sea
derangedmentally unsound : crazy
disbarto expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges
sublimatesublime
punyslight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
tyrannyoppressive power