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 |
|---|---|
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| evenhanded | fair |