GRE Word List
MISSIVE
a written communication : letter
The meaning of the word missive is a written communication : letter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |