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 |
|---|---|
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| 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 |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |