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 |
|---|---|
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| potentate | ruler |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| occident | west |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |