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 |
|---|---|
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| 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 |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |