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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pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
agrarianof or relating to fields or lands or their tenure
scowlto contract the brow in an expression of displeasure
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welta strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together