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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satyra sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry
etymologythe 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
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him
bewitchto influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft
fleeta number of warships under a single command
impietythe quality or state of being impious : irreverence
schismdivision
jollitythe 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
facsimilean exact copy