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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nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
deterrentserving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter
predecessorone that precedes
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
guiledeceitful cunning : duplicity
hordea political subdivision of central Asian nomads
undertakerone who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur
yokea wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
surmisea thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture
delineateto describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail