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 |
|---|---|
| predetermine | foreordain |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |