GRE Word List

APOGEE

the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth

The meaning of the word apogee is the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth.

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marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
correlationthe state or relation of being correlated
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
inordinateexceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
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