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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| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
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| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| fester | to generate pus |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |