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 |
|---|---|
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| circlet | a little circle |