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 |
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| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |