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 |
|---|---|
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| endue | provide |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |