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 |
|---|---|
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| 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 |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| violate | break |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |