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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| mendicant | beggar |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |