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 |
|---|---|
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |