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 |
|---|---|
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |