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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |