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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WordMeaning
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
slywise in practical affairs
confinesomething (such as borders or walls) that encloses
consensusgeneral agreement : unanimity
ariaair
indoctrinateto imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle
animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
deferput off
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume