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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integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
trenchant | keen |
drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
relegate | to send into exile : banish |