GRE Word List

TESSELLATED

having a checkered appearance

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

Random words

WordMeaning
transportto transfer or convey from one place to another
potablesuitable for drinking
begetto procreate as the father : sire
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
citadela fortress that commands (see command
passiveacted upon by an external agency
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
nubileof marriageable condition or age
marginalwritten or printed in the margin of a page or sheet
gildto overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold