GRE Word List
IMPONDERABLE
not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
The meaning of the word imponderable is not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| dart | a light spear |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |