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 |
|---|---|
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| juncture | a point of time |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |