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 |
|---|---|
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| trenchant | keen |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |