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 |
|---|---|
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |