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 |
|---|---|
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| machinations | an act of machinating |