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 |
|---|---|
| addle | rotten |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| redress | to set right : remedy |