GRE Word List
ECLIPSE
the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
The meaning of the word eclipse is the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| shove | to push along |