GRE Word List
IMPETUS
a driving force : impulse
The meaning of the word impetus is a driving force : impulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| modish | fashionable |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |