GRE Word List
MOSAIC
a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns
The meaning of the word mosaic is a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |