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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| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| duration | continuance in time |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| chafe | irritate |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |