GRE Word List
TERRESTRIAL
of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants
The meaning of the word terrestrial is of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |