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 |
|---|---|
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| raiment | clothing |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |