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 |
|---|---|
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| portly | dignified |
| grotesque | a 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 |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |