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 |
|---|---|
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| quisling | traitor |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| raiment | clothing |