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 |
|---|---|
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| retribution | recompense |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |