GRE Word List
IMPARTIAL
not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally
The meaning of the word impartial is not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
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