An ECLIPSE is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial body completely or partially covers another body. For example, a Lunar Eclipse occurs when the Earth moves directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow across the lunar surface
SAT test writers have yet to use ECLIPSE in a passage devoted to an astronomical event. But they have used ECLIPSE in a series of questions about a children’s book conference. Let me explain: ECLIPSE can be used in the figurative sense of meaning to overshadow. In one passage, speakers at a children’s book conference praise the work of a noted illustrator by claiming that no one will ever ECLIPSE or surpass his powerfully expressive drawings. OK – that works!
ECLIPSE – to overshadow; surpass