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 |
|---|---|
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |