GRE Word List
IMPETUS
a driving force : impulse
The meaning of the word impetus is a driving force : impulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |