GRE Word List
IMPOLITIC
not politic : unwise
The meaning of the word impolitic is not politic : unwise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| hardy | bold |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| demure | reserved |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |