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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |