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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trekto make one's way arduously
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egregiousconspicuous
soldera metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces
generalitythe quality or state of being general
pontificalepiscopal attire
constraintthe act of constraining
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord