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 |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| deify | to make a god of |
| overt | open to view : manifest |