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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |