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 |
|---|---|
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |