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 |
|---|---|
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| alleviate | relieve |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |