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 |
|---|---|
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
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| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| application | an act of applying: |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |