GRE Word List
MISSIVE
a written communication : letter
The meaning of the word missive is a written communication : letter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |