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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WordMeaning
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
precipitousprecipitate
satesatisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
mortara sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle
strewto spread by scattering
debuta first appearance
ramshackleappearing ready to collapse : rickety
combustiblecapable of combustion