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 |
|---|---|
| frail | easily led into evil |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |