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 |
|---|---|
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| condign | deserved |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| trenchant | keen |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| replicate | duplicate |
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| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |