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 |
|---|---|
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
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