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 |
|---|---|
| kismet | fate |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |