GRE Word List
MISSIVE
a written communication : letter
The meaning of the word missive is a written communication : letter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |