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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| throes | pang |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| alleviate | relieve |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |