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 |
|---|---|
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |