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 |
|---|---|
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| alleviate | relieve |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |