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.
Random words
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irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
incompatible | not compatible: such as |
oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |