GRE Word List
PROPELLANT
substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel)
The meaning of the word propellant is substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invulnerable | incapable of injury; impossible to damage or injure |
| slew | large quantity or number; Ex. slew of errands left |
| nemesis | someone seeking revenge; source of downfall or ruin; CF. Nemesis |
| apoplexy | stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain |
| indignity | treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity, respect; offensive or insulting treatment; humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I suffered the indignity of having to say that in front of them. |
| pestle | tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar |
| hackneyed | commonplace; trite |
| vacuous | empty; lacking in ideas; inane; stupid; Ex. vacuous expression; N. vacuity |
| slavish | of or like a slave; servile; showing no originality; copied very closely; Ex. slavish devotion/copy of the original |
| frieze | ornamental horizontal band on a wall |
