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 |
|---|---|
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |