GRE Word List

IMPINGE

encroach

The meaning of the word impinge is encroach.

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WordMeaning
compellingthat compels: such as
totterto move unsteadily : stagger
tractablecapable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
renegadea deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another
perturbto cause to be worried or upset : disquiet
impregnableincapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
primogeniturethe state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
causticcapable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive