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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| Word | Meaning |
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| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| document | proof |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |