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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| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| concentric | having a common center |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |