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 |
|---|---|
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |