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 |
|---|---|
| delusive | likely to delude |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| quorum | a select group |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |