GRE Word List
IMPETUS
a driving force : impulse
The meaning of the word impetus is a driving force : impulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |