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 |
|---|---|
| beleaguer | besiege |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |