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 |
|---|---|
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| influx | a coming in |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |