GRE Word List
IMPERIL
to bring into peril : endanger
The meaning of the word imperil is to bring into peril : endanger.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |