GRE Word List
IMPINGE
encroach
The meaning of the word impinge is encroach.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| dally | to act playfully |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| brazen | made of brass |