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 |
|---|---|
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |