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 |
|---|---|
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |