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 |
|---|---|
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| mulct | fine |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |