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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| mischance | bad luck |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |