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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| growl | rumble |
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| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |