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.
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| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
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| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |