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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| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |