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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verbiagea profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
tannerone that tans hides
torridparched with heat especially of the sun : hot
desertsarid land with usually sparse vegetation
hoarygray or white with or as if with age
portlydignified
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
plumea feather of a bird: such as
epitaphan inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
eddya current of water or air running contrary to the main current