GRE Word List
ECLIPTIC
path of the sun and the planets
The meaning of the word ecliptic is path of the sun and the planets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waive | give up temporarily; yield; N. waiver: waiving a right or claim; document that waives a right or claim |
| perverse | purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; Ex. perverse satisfaction; Ex. Hannibal Lecter in a perverse mood; N. perversity |
| deflect | turn aside; turn away from a straight course |
| resign | give up (a position, right, or claim); submit (oneself) passively |
| slough | (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin); N: outer layer that is shed |
| hiatus | gap; pause; gap or interruption in space or time; break |
| grudge | deep feeling of dislike; Ex. grudge fight; V. |
| puerile | childish; immature; CF. puer: boy |
| doctrinaire | unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties |
| parish | area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church |
