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 |
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| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| cataclysm | flood |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |