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 |
|---|---|
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |