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 |
|---|---|
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |