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 |
|---|---|
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| intermediary | mediator |