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
parquetto furnish with a floor of parquet
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
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woefulfull of woe : grievous
defeatistan attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
omnipotentalmighty
orientationthe act or process of orienting or of being oriented
hortatoryhortative
resuscitateto revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness