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 |
|---|---|
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| evenhanded | fair |
| shack | hut |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |