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.

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WordMeaning
consummateextremely skilled and accomplished
mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
creeda brief authoritative formula of religious belief
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased
knottymarked by or full of knots
ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
derisionthe use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
memorialserving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
puissanthaving puissance : powerful