GRE Word List
IMPENETRABLE
incapable of being penetrated or pierced
The meaning of the word impenetrable is incapable of being penetrated or pierced.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |