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 |
|---|---|
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |