GRE Word List
GALAXY
milky way galaxy
The meaning of the word galaxy is milky way galaxy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| dull | tedious |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| consign | to give over to another's care |