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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| defer | put off |