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 |
|---|---|
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| defer | put off |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |