GRE Word List
IMPINGE
encroach
The meaning of the word impinge is encroach.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| refraction | deflection 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 |