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 |
|---|---|
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| apprehend | arrest |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| grudging | unwilling |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |