GRE Word List
IMPIOUS
not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent
The meaning of the word impious is not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| prong | fork |