GRE Word List
PROJECTILE
a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia
The meaning of the word projectile is a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expatriate | banish |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| freebooter | pirate |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |