GRE Word List

TESSELLATED

having a checkered appearance

The meaning of the word tessellated is having a checkered appearance.

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appositehighly pertinent or appropriate : apt
cholericeasily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
wagea payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis
retainto keep in possession or use
monotonytedious sameness
thriveto grow vigorously : flourish
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
beatitudea state of utmost bliss
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
conventionagreement