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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| nexus | connection |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |