GRE Word List
TESSELLATED
having a checkered appearance
The meaning of the word tessellated is having a checkered appearance.
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| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |