GRE Word List
SATELLITE
a celestial body orbiting another of larger size
The meaning of the word satellite is a celestial body orbiting another of larger size.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| categorical | absolute |