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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pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence