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 |
|---|---|
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| decipher | decode |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| pugilist | fighter |