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 |
|---|---|
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |