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 |
|---|---|
| congruent | congruous |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |