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 |
|---|---|
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| wry | twist |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| replicate | duplicate |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |