GRE Word List
SIDEREAL
of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral
The meaning of the word sidereal is of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral.
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| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
