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 |
|---|---|
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| dart | a light spear |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |