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 |
|---|---|
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |