GRE Word List
IMPETUOUS
marked by impulsive vehemence or passion
The meaning of the word impetuous is marked by impulsive vehemence or passion.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| overthrow | overturn |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |