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 |
|---|---|
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| sibling | sib |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| blanch | to take the color out of |