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
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
zeniththe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence
profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
marshala high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces
garnerto gather into storage
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
bandyto discuss lightly or banteringly