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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |