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 |
|---|---|
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |