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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explicitfully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent
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awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
sinewyfull of sinews: such as
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premeditateto think about and revolve in the mind beforehand
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dorsalan ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar