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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |