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.

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consecratededicated to a sacred purpose
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incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
legatoin a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones)
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