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 |
|---|---|
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
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| whimsy | whim |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| executioner | one who executes |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |