GRE Word List
MISSIVE
a written communication : letter
The meaning of the word missive is a written communication : letter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |