GRE Word List
TESSELLATED
having a checkered appearance
The meaning of the word tessellated is having a checkered appearance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |