GRE Word List
PALETTE
a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on
The meaning of the word palette is a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on.
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| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
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| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
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| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |