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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |