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 |
|---|---|
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |