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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decrepitudethe quality or state of being decrepit
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
preludean introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter
quackto make the characteristic cry of a duck
prizesomething offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance
corollarya proposition (see proposition
jetsamthe part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore
exonerateto relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted