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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chastento correct by punishment or suffering : discipline
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propheticof, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
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martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
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