GRE Word List
IMPETUS
a driving force : impulse
The meaning of the word impetus is a driving force : impulse.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |