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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| throes | pang |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |