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 |
|---|---|
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |