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 |
|---|---|
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| tome | book |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |