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 |
|---|---|
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| countenance | look |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |