GRE Word List
TESSELLATED
having a checkered appearance
The meaning of the word tessellated is having a checkered appearance.
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ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
predetermine | foreordain |
obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |