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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| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |