GRE Word List 24
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 immaculate | adj. spotless; flawless; absolutely clean |
| immure | v. imprison; shut up in confinement |
| immutable | adj. unchangeable |
| impair | v. injure; hurt |
| impale | v. pierce |
| impalpable | adj. imperceptible; intangible |
| impassable | adj. not able to be traveled or crossed |
| impasse | n. predicament from which there is no escape |
| impassive | adj. without feeling; imperturbable; stoical |
| impeach | v. charge with crime in office; indict |
| impeccable | adj. faultless |
| impecunious | adj. without money |
| impediment | n. hindrance; stumbling-block |
| impel | v. drive or force onward |
| impending | adj. nearing; approaching |
| impenitent | adj. not repentant |
| imperative | adj. absolutely necessary; critically important (also n.) |
| imperceptible | adj. unnoticeable; undetectable |
| imperial | adj. like an emperor; related to an empire |
| imperious | adj. domineering; haughty |
| imperiousness | n. arrogance, commanding presence, overbearingness |
| impermeable | adj. impervious; not permitting passage through its substance |
| impertinent | adj. insolent; rude |
| impertinence | n. inappropriate playfulness; an impudent statement |
| imperturbable | adj. calm; placid |
| imperturbability | n. calm and unruffled self-assurance |
| impervious | adj. impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed |
| impetuous | adj. violent; hasty; rash |
| impetus | n. moving force; incentive; stimulus |
| impiety | n. irreverence; lack of respect for God |
| impious | adj. lacking piety or reverence for a god |
| impinge | v. infringe; touch; collide with |
| impious | adj. irreverent |
| implacable | adj. incapable of being pacified |
| implausible | adj. unlikely; unbelievable |
| implicate | v. incriminate; show to be involved |
| implication | n. something hinted at or suggested |
| implicit | adj. understood but not stated |
| implode | v. burst inward |
| implore | v. beg |
| imponderable | adj. weightless |
| import | n. significance |
| importunate | adj. urging; demanding |
| importune | v. beg persistently |
| imposture | n. assuming a false identity; masquerade |
| imprecation | n. curse |
| impregnable | adj. invulnerable |
| impromptu | adj. without previous preparation; off the cuff; on the spur of the moment |
| impropriety | n. improperness; unsuitableness |
| improvident | adj. thriftless |
| imprudent | adj. lacking caution; injudicious |
| impudence | n. impertinence; insolence |
| impugn | v. dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); challenge; gainsay |
| impuissance | n. powerlessness; feebleness |
| impunity | n. freedom from punishment or harm |
| impute | v. attribute; ascribe |
| inalienable | adj. not to be taken away; nontransferable |
| inane | adj. silly; senseless |
| inarticulate | adj. speechless; producing indistinct speech |
| incantation | n. singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula |
| incapacitate | v. disable |
| incarcerate | v. imprison |
| incendiary | n. arsonist (also adj.), who sets things on fire |
| incense | v. enrage; infuriate |
| incentive | n. spur; motive |
| incessant | adj. uninterrupted; unceasing |
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