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 |
|---|---|
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| reverberate | reflect |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |