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 |
|---|---|
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |