GRE Word List
TESSELLATED
having a checkered appearance
The meaning of the word tessellated is having a checkered appearance.
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| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
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| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |