GRE Word List
MISSIVE
a written communication : letter
The meaning of the word missive is a written communication : letter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |