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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| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
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| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |