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 |
|---|---|
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |