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 |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |