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 |
|---|---|
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| raspy | harsh |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| forebears | ancestor |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |