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 |
|---|---|
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |