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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| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| whittle | a large knife |
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| disclose | to make known or public |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |