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 |
|---|---|
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |