GRE Word List
IMPERTINENT
given to or characterized by insolent rudeness
The meaning of the word impertinent is given to or characterized by insolent rudeness.
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| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
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| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |