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 |
|---|---|
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |