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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| forlorn | bereft |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |