GRE Word List
IMPEACH
to charge with a crime or misdemeanor
The meaning of the word impeach is to charge with a crime or misdemeanor.
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|---|---|
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| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
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| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |