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 |
|---|---|
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| render | to melt down |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| marrow | bone marrow |