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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |