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 |
|---|---|
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |