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 |
|---|---|
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| regime | regimen |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |