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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| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| courier | messenger |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |