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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| gazette | newspaper |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |