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 |
|---|---|
| steep | lofty |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |