GRE Word List

IMPENETRABLE

incapable of being penetrated or pierced

The meaning of the word impenetrable is incapable of being penetrated or pierced.

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poreto gaze intently
raila bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier
stemthe main trunk of a plant
retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
concedeto acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly
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