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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| wastrel | vagabond |