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 |
|---|---|
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |