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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |