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 |
|---|---|
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| sophist | philosopher |
| slaughter | the act of killing |