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 |
|---|---|
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |