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 |
|---|---|
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| imbue | endow |