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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| brink | edge |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| prosperous | auspicious |