GRE Word List
IMPASSIVE
giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless
The meaning of the word impassive is giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| obscure | dark |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |