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 |
|---|---|
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |