GRE Word List
IMPETUOUS
marked by impulsive vehemence or passion
The meaning of the word impetuous is marked by impulsive vehemence or passion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| unfrock | defrock |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |