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 |
|---|---|
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |