GRE Word List
IMPINGE
encroach
The meaning of the word impinge is encroach.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| spectrum | a 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 |