GRE Word List
GALAXY
large isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; collection of brilliant personalities
The meaning of the word galaxy is large isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; collection of brilliant personalities.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anthology | book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus |
| inflated | exaggerated; pompous; enlarged (with air or gas) |
| lust | intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; V. |
| ancestry | family descent; ADJ. ancestral |
| glacial | like a glacier; of an ice age; extremely cold; Ex. glacial epoch; CF. iceberg |
| momentum | quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force |
| respite | time for rest; interval of relief; delay in punishment; reprieve |
| cede | yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war); surrender formally; N. cession |
| dirge | funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person) |
| antediluvian | antiquated; extremely ancient |
