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 |
|---|---|
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |