GRE Word List

IMPOLITIC

not politic : unwise

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

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WordMeaning
augustmarked by majestic dignity or grandeur
compulsionan act of compelling
evenhandedfair
roilto make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
iniquitouscharacterized by iniquity
preyan animal taken by a predator as food
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
antiquatedoutmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted
resoundto become filled with sound : reverberate