GRE Word List
ASTRONOMICAL
enormously large or extensive
The meaning of the word astronomical is enormously large or extensive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
