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 |
|---|---|
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |