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 |
|---|---|
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| categorical | absolute |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| missive | a written communication : letter |