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.

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WordMeaning
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively: such as
promontorya high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
ecstasya state of overwhelming emotion
initiateto cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going
siftto put through a sieve
opaqueblocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity
purgeto clear of guilt
dysenterya disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection