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 |
|---|---|
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |