GRE Word List
MISSIVE
a written communication : letter
The meaning of the word missive is a written communication : letter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |