GRE Word List

IMPENDING

occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming

The meaning of the word impending is occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming.

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WordMeaning
industriousconstantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent
overturean initiative toward agreement or action : proposal
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
venerablecalling forth respect through age, character, and attainments
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
coagulateto cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
incessantcontinuing or following without interruption : unceasing
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)