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 |
|---|---|
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |