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
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
igneousformed by solidification of magma
confluencea coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
martineta strict disciplinarian
glacialsuggestive of ice: such as
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
juxtaposeto place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
lunarcrescent