GRE Word List
IMPENITENT
not penitent
The meaning of the word impenitent is not penitent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |