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 |
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| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
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| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |