GRE Word List
GRAPHIC
of or relating to the pictorial arts
The meaning of the word graphic is of or relating to the pictorial arts.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |