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.
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|---|---|
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| pungent | sharply painful |
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