GRE Word List
NEBULA
any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space
The meaning of the word nebula is any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |