GRE Word List
VIGNETTE
a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper
The meaning of the word vignette is a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| espouse | marry |
| antecedents | a 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") |
| lewd | obscene |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |