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 |
|---|---|
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| reverberate | reflect |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |