GRE Word List
HOROSCOPE
a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life
The meaning of the word horoscope is a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
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