GRE Word List
MISSIVE
a written communication : letter
The meaning of the word missive is a written communication : letter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
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