GRE Word List
MISSIVE
a written communication : letter
The meaning of the word missive is a written communication : letter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| calculated | apt |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |