GRE Word List

TESSELLATED

having a checkered appearance

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

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exaltto raise in rank, power, or character
mergerthe absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment
lewdobscene
gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light
animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
abominableworthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith
dregssediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate
vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation