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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convoketo call together to a meeting
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avertto turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance
laitythe people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy
altruisticrelating to or given to altruism:
procurementthe act or process of procuring
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
climeclimate
demagoguea leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
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