GRE Word List
IMPINGE
encroach
The meaning of the word impinge is encroach.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |