GRE Word List
IMPALE
to pierce with or as if with something pointed
The meaning of the word impale is to pierce with or as if with something pointed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |