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 |
|---|---|
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| condign | deserved |
| acclaim | applaud |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
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| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |