GRE Word List
IMPERVIOUS
not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable
The meaning of the word impervious is not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| disconsolate | cheerless |