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 |
|---|---|
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |