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 |
|---|---|
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| spate | freshet |