GRE Vocabulary - vignette

vignette - a running ornament ( as in leaves, tendrils, grapes) , decorative graphical designs used to separate chapters or sections in a book, or to decorate borders

vignette - reduction of images brightness/saturation at the periphery compared to at the centre, picture that shades off gradually into surrounding paper

vignette - brief expressive scene, short descriptive literary sketch, short impressionistic scenes that focus and give strong impression about one central idea, character, or setting, brief incident or scene