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 |
|---|---|
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |