GRE Word List
TRAJECTORY
the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space
The meaning of the word trajectory is the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deify | to make a god of |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |