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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |