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 |
|---|---|
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| irate | roused to ire |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| pummel | pound |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |