GRE Word List
IMPERIOUS
marked by arrogant assurance : domineering
The meaning of the word imperious is marked by arrogant assurance : domineering.
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| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
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| redress | to set right : remedy |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |