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 |
|---|---|
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| gust | the sensation of taste |