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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wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
quizzical | comically quaint |
tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |