GRE Word List

IMPINGE

encroach

The meaning of the word impinge is encroach.

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WordMeaning
passiveacted upon by an external agency
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
clipperone that clips something
anointto smear or rub with oil or an oily substance
callusa thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark
recessionthe act or action of receding : withdrawal
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
protrudeto jut out from the surrounding surface or context
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order