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 |
|---|---|
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |