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.

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WordMeaning
glossyhaving a surface luster or brightness
meandera winding path or course
exposeto deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition
galleya ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as
blithelacking due thought or consideration : casual
inclementlacking mildness: such as
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
acquiesceto accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
charany of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots
demolitionthe act of demolishing