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 |
|---|---|
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |