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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| hubbub | noise |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| countenance | look |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |