GRE Word List

IMPINGE

encroach

The meaning of the word impinge is encroach.

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surfeitan overabundant supply : excess
repertoirea list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform
mollifyto soothe in temper or disposition : appease
fledglinga young bird just fledged (see fledge
maraudto roam about and raid in search of plunder
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
worldlyof, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
extraditionthe surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge