GRE Word List
PROPULSIVE
tending or having power to propel
The meaning of the word propulsive is tending or having power to propel.
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indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
romp | one that romps |
backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |