GRE Word List
SOLSTICE
either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
The meaning of the word solstice is either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| slake | subside |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| expatriate | banish |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |