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 |
|---|---|
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |