GRE Word List

IMPOLITIC

not politic : unwise

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

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WordMeaning
hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
cardinala high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college
morbidof, relating to, or characteristic of disease
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figurea number symbol : numeral
resurrectto raise from the dead
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
dialecticalof, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic