GRE Word List
VIRTUOSO
one who excels in the technique of an art
The meaning of the word virtuoso is one who excels in the technique of an art.
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| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
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| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
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| imprecation | curse |
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| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |