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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| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| nexus | connection |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| environ | encircle |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |