GRE Word List
INEXTRICABLE
from which it is impossible to get free; that cannot be untied; Ex. inextricable troubles; Ex. inextricable two histories
The meaning of the word inextricable is from which it is impossible to get free; that cannot be untied; Ex. inextricable troubles; Ex. inextricable two histories.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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ravenous | extremely hungry; voracious |
immune | resistant to; free or exempt from; N. immunity |
countenance | approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance |
impermeable | impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to permeate |
carnivorous | meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore |
metaphor | implied comparison; CF. simile |
forbearance | patience; forgiveness; V. forbear: refrain from (in a generous and forgiving way); be patient; Ex. forbear to send him to prison |
fancy | imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature); capricious liking; V: imagine; be fond of; ADJ. decorative; elaborate |
emasculate | weaken; castrate |
pestilential | causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague) |