GRE Word List
IMPETUS
a driving force : impulse
The meaning of the word impetus is a driving force : impulse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |