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.
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| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
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| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
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