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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
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| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |