GRE Word List
PATINA
green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
The meaning of the word patina is green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting.
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char | make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion |
checkered | marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares |
haughtiness | pride; arrogance; ADJ. haughty |
savory | pleasant in taste; tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable; Ex. savory reputation |
indelible | not able to be erased |
constitution | constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions |
loll | lounge about |
adulation | flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved |
pallid | pale; wan; Ex. pallid complexion |
gallows | framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging) |