GRE Word List
MISSIVE
a written communication : letter
The meaning of the word missive is a written communication : letter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |