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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pulverizeto reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize
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throttleto compress the throat of : choke
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined
propagateto cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction
mutedbeing mute : silent
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms