GRE Word List
ECLIPTIC
of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse
The meaning of the word ecliptic is of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse.
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| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |