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 |
|---|---|
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| categorical | absolute |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |