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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |