GRE Word List
IMPOSTURE
assuming a false identity; masquerade; CF. impostor
The meaning of the word imposture is assuming a false identity; masquerade; CF. impostor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| baleful | evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look |
| scanty | meager; insufficient |
| advent | arrival |
| myriad | very large number; ADJ. CF. ten thousand |
| precipitous | steep; overhasty; precipitate |
| imperceptible | unnoticeable; impossible to perceive; undetectable |
| ancestry | family descent; ADJ. ancestral |
| authoritarian | subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will; Ex. authoritarian regime/father |
| orgy | wild drunken revelry; unrestrained indulgence in an activity; Ex. orgy of shopping |
| thrall | slave; bondage; slavery; Ex. Her beauty held him in thrall; CF. enthrall |
