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 |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |