GRE Word List
PROPULSIVE
tending or having power to propel
The meaning of the word propulsive is tending or having power to propel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| corrugated | having corrugations |