GRE Word List
TESSELLATED
having a checkered appearance
The meaning of the word tessellated is having a checkered appearance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
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| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| trample | tramp |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |