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 |
|---|---|
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |