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 |
|---|---|
| maroon | a dark red |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |