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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |