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 |
|---|---|
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| intermediary | mediator |