GRE Word List
IMPUDENCE
the quality or state of being impudent
The meaning of the word impudence is the quality or state of being impudent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| 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 |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |