GRE Word List
MISSIVE
a written communication : letter
The meaning of the word missive is a written communication : letter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |