GRE Word List
ASTRONOMICAL
enormously large or extensive
The meaning of the word astronomical is enormously large or extensive.
Random words
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expurgate | clean; remove offensive parts of a book |
hibernate | sleep throughout the winter; N. hibernation |
satyr | half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning; lecher; CF. faun; CF. goat: lecherous man |
vitreous | of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass; V. vitrify: change into glass; CF. petrify |
inordinate | beyond reasonable limits; unrestrained; excessive; Ex. inordinate demands |
profligate | wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy |
ligneous | like wood |
insolvent | bankrupt; lacking money to pay; N. insolvency |
bohemian | unconventional (in an artistic way) |
bard | poet |