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
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mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
lithe | easily bent or flexed |
consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |