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 |
|---|---|
| purported | reputed |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |