GRE Word List
IMPOLITIC
not politic : unwise
The meaning of the word impolitic is not politic : unwise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |