GRE Word List
IMPINGE
encroach
The meaning of the word impinge is encroach.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| provenance | origin |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |