GRE Word List
ASTRONOMICAL
of or relating to astronomy
The meaning of the word astronomical is of or relating to astronomy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| juncture | a point of time |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |