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
fallaciousembodying a fallacy
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
anecdotea usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
congruentcongruous
forebodingthe act of one who forebodes
stoopto bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees
cynosurethe northern constellation Ursa Minor
cacophonousmarked by cacophony : harsh-sounding
combustiblecapable of combustion