GRE Word List

IMPERIAL

of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor

The meaning of the word imperial is of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor.

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chaffthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
mollycoddleto treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention
onerousinvolving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
humanitariana person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist
fledglinga young bird just fledged (see fledge
spartana native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta
alchemya 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
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
blightedaffected with blight (see blight