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 |
|---|---|
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |