GRE Word List
IMPERVIOUS
not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable
The meaning of the word impervious is not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |