GRE Word List
IMPOSTURE
the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name
The meaning of the word imposture is the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name.
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| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| 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 |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |