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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| stilted | pompous |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |