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 |
|---|---|
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| dilute | attenuate |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |