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 |
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| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |