GRE Word List
IMPEL
drive or force onward; drive to take action; urge to action
The meaning of the word impel is drive or force onward; drive to take action; urge to action.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| verisimilitude | appearance of truth; quality of appearing to be true or real; likelihood; Ex. verisimilitude of her performance as Lady Macbeth |
| artifacts | object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced |
| pushy | disagreeably aggressive |
| curmudgeon | churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person |
| reminiscent | suggestive of something (in the past); of reminiscence |
| putrid | decayed and foul-smelling; foul; rotten; decayed; N. putridity |
| harangue | long, passionate, and vehement speech; V. |
| befuddle | confuse thoroughly |
| constitution | constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions |
| usury | lending money at illegal high rates of interest |
