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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |