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 |
|---|---|
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| dint | force |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |