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 |
|---|---|
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| crass | gross |