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.

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apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
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sinewyfull of sinews: such as
gyroscopea 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
awryoff the correct or expected course : amiss
gamutthe whole series of recognized musical notes
floweryof, relating to, or resembling flowers
modicuma small portion : a limited quantity
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