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 |
|---|---|
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
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