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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| wreak | bring about |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |