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 |
|---|---|
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| conspire | plot |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| whittle | a large knife |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |