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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WordMeaning
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
sustenancemeans of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
outstripto go faster or farther than
fluxa flowing of fluid from the body: such as
impersonalhaving no personal reference or connection
gamelya physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
carpingmarked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
jauntysprightly in manner or appearance : lively