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 |
|---|---|
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |