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 |
|---|---|
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |