GRE Word List
IMMINENT
ready to take place : happening soon
The meaning of the word imminent is ready to take place : happening soon.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| hirsute | hairy |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |