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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |