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 |
|---|---|
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |