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 |
|---|---|
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |