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 |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| executor | one who executes something |
| slake | subside |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |