GRE Word List

IMPINGE

encroach

The meaning of the word impinge is encroach.

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WordMeaning
comeuppancea deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
bungleto act or work clumsily and awkwardly
irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
intrinsicbelonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing
nethersituated down or below : lower
throttleto compress the throat of : choke
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
dallyto act playfully
amorousstrongly moved by love and especially sexual love