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 |
|---|---|
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| finery | ornament |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| natal | native |