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 |
|---|---|
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| circlet | a little circle |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |