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 |
|---|---|
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |