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 |
|---|---|
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| postulate | demand |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| requite | to make return for : repay |