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 |
|---|---|
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| conflagration | fire |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| demise | death |