GRE Word List
MISSIVE
a written communication : letter
The meaning of the word missive is a written communication : letter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |