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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |