GRE Word List

IMPOLITIC

not politic : unwise

The meaning of the word impolitic is not politic : unwise.

Random words

WordMeaning
unfetterto free from fetters
rehabilitateto restore to a former capacity : reinstate
shacklesomething (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
transitiona change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption
predecessorone that precedes
abstractdisassociated from any specific instance
rebateto reduce the force or activity of : diminish