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 |
|---|---|
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| dys- | abnormal |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| ensconce | shelter |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |