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 |
|---|---|
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |