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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| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
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| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |