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 |
|---|---|
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| exhume | disinter |
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| lopsided | leaning to one side |