GRE Word List
IMPOLITIC
not politic : unwise
The meaning of the word impolitic is not politic : unwise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| evenhanded | fair |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| vertebrate | any 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 |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |