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 |
|---|---|
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| impinge | encroach |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |