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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WordMeaning
parleyto speak with another : confer
clandestinemarked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis
loiterto delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle
blighta disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers)
firebranda piece of burning wood
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction
taintto contaminate morally : corrupt
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
renditionthe act or result of rendering something: such as