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 |
|---|---|
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| defalcate | deduct |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |