GRE Word List

IMMINENT

ready to take place : happening soon

The meaning of the word imminent is ready to take place : happening soon.

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WordMeaning
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
scapegoata 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
surmountto prevail over : overcome
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
stippleto engrave by means of dots and flicks
muddleto make turbid or muddy
tactileperceptible by touch : tangible
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
partisana firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person
promontorya high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water