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

WordMeaning
expungeto strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion
stoutstrong of character: such as
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability
voodooa religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti
treadto step or walk on or over
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
amoralhaving or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
ramifyto split up into branches or constituent parts