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 |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |