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 |
|---|---|
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| exhume | disinter |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |