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 |
|---|---|
| raiment | clothing |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| prong | fork |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |