GRE Word List

PERIGEE

the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth

The meaning of the word perigee is the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth.

Random words

WordMeaning
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
resurgeto undergo a resurgence
sportivefrolicsome
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
rebuffto reject or criticize sharply : snub
amicablecharacterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable
sheatheto put into or furnish with a sheath
undermineto subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
ashenof, relating to, or made from ash wood