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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forfeitsomething forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
bilkto block the free development of : frustrate
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
ensconceshelter
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
celestialof, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity
fienddevil
errantbehaving wrongly