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 |
|---|---|
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
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| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |