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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| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| schism | division |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| facsimile | an exact copy |