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 |
|---|---|
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| apprehend | arrest |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |