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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exceptwith the exclusion or exception of
shacklesomething (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms
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preposterouscontrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd
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