GRE Word List
ASTEROID
any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
The meaning of the word asteroid is any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| indite | make up |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| nomenclature | name |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |