GRE Word List

MISSILE

capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object

The meaning of the word missile is capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object.

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mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform
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ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand
prevalentgenerally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread
putrescentundergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful
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epitaphan inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
sluggarda habitually lazy person
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle