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 |
|---|---|
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |