GRE Word List
IMPERMEABLE
not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
The meaning of the word impermeable is not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| sidetrack | siding |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| crass | gross |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |