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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| mystic | mystical |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| exude | to ooze out |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |