GRE Word List
MISSIVE
a written communication : letter
The meaning of the word missive is a written communication : letter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| countenance | look |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |