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 |
|---|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| blackball | to vote against |