GRE Word List
IMPASSABLE
incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
The meaning of the word impassable is incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |