GRE Word List
ZENITH
the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration
The meaning of the word zenith is the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| fester | to generate pus |