GRE Word List

CELESTIAL

of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity

The meaning of the word celestial is of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity.

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empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush
refractiondeflection 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
quicksilvermercury
glossyhaving a surface luster or brightness
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
condoneto regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless
cravenlacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
protrudeto jut out from the surrounding surface or context