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 |
|---|---|
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| lewd | obscene |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |