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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WordMeaning
bacchanalorgy
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
perennialpresent at all seasons of the year
deadpanmarked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
inveighto protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail
swearto utter or take solemnly (an oath)
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
renderto melt down
kindredof a similar nature or character : like