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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alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
untenablenot able to be defended
debutanteone making a debut (see debut
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
internecineof, relating to, or involving conflict within a group
clamornoisy shouting
inertlacking the power to move
befuddleto muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
lowhaving a small upward extension or elevation