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GRE Lesson 23
100 word chunks of Barron's data
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| impel | drive or force onward; drive to take action; urge to action |
| impending | nearing; approaching; about to happen |
| impenetrable | not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding; impossible to understand; Ex. impenetrable mystery |
| impenitent | not repentant |
| imperative | absolutely necessary; that must be done; critically important; expressing command; Ex. It is imperative that; N: something that must be done |
| imperceptible | unnoticeable; impossible to perceive; undetectable |
| imperial | like an emperor; related to an empire; CF. imperialism |
| imperil | put in danger |
| imperious | domineering; too commanding; haughty; CF. imperial/emperor |
| impermeable | impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to permeate |
| impersonal | not being a person; not showing personal feelings; Ex. impersonal force/manner/organization |
| impertinent | insolent; rude; not pertinent; N. impertinence |
| imperturbable | unshakably calm; placid |
| impervious | impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed; incapable of being affected (in one's opinions); Ex. impervious to water/criticism |
| impetuous | violent; hasty; rash; impulsive; without careful thought; Ex. impetuous decision |
| impetus | moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse |
| impiety | irreverence; lack of respect for God or piety |
| impinge | infringe; encroach; influence; touch; collide with; Ex. The effects are impinging on every aspect of our lives. |
| impious | irreverent |
| implacable | incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy |
| implausible | unlikely (to be true); unbelievable; Ex. implausible alibi |
| implement | put into effect; enforce; carry out; supply with tools; Ex. implement the plan/suggestion; N: tool or instrument |
| implicate | incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime |
| implication | something hinted at or suggested; implying; implicating |
| implicit | understood but not stated; implied; unquestioning and complete; Ex. implicit trust |
| implode | burst inward; CF. vaccum tube |
| implore | v. ask or beg earnestly; beseech |
| imply | suggest a meaning not expressed; signify |
| impolitic | not wise; not expedient; not politic |
| imponderable | weightless; that cannot undergo precise evaluation; CF. pound |
| import | significance; importance; meaning |
| importunate | urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent |
| importune | beg persistently; make repeated requests (in an annoying way) |
| imposture | assuming a false identity; masquerade; CF. impostor |
| impotent | weak; ineffective; lacking in physical strength or power |
| impoverish | make poor; deprive of natural strength or something important; Ex. impoverished soil |
| imprecation | curse; swearword |
| impregnable | invulnerable; impossible to capture or enter by force; Ex. impregnable fort/argument; CF. take |
| impregnate | make pregnant; fill thoroughly; saturate |
| impromptu | without previous preparation; off the cuff(end of a sleeve); on the spur of the moment |
| impropriety | improperness; unsuitableness |
| improvident | thriftless; not providing for the future |
| improvise | compose on the spur of the moment |
| imprudent | lacking caution; not prudent; injudicious |
| impudence | impertinence; insolence |
| impugn | dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); attack as false or questionable; challenge; gainsay; CF. fight |
| impuissance | powerlessness; feebleness |
| impunity | freedom from punishment or harm; CF. punish |
| impute | attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation |
| inadvertently | unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly |
| inalienable | not to be taken away; nontransferable; Ex. inalienable rights |
| inamorata | woman whom a man loves |
| inane | silly; senseless; Ex. inane remarks; N. inanity |
| inanimate | lifeless; not animate |
| inarticulate | speechless; producing indistinct speech; not articulate; not expressing oneself clearly |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| inaugurate | begin formally; install in office; induct into office by a formal ceremony; N. inauguration; ADJ. inaugural |
| incandescent | strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting visible light when heated; Ex. incandescent light bulb; CF. candle |
| incantation | singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; (the saying of) words used in magic; CF. enchant |
| incapacitate | disable; N. incapacity: lack of capacity |
| incarcerate | imprison |
| incarnate | endowed with flesh; invested with bodily form; personified; Ex. devil incarnate; V: give bodily form to; embody |
| incarnation | act of assuming a human body and human nature; one who personifies something; personification; Ex. previous incarnation/reincarnation |
| incendiary | arsonist; ADJ: causing fire; of arson; Ex. incendiary bomb |
| incense | enrage; infuriate(make furious); make extremely angry; outrage; N: aromatic substance burned to produce a pleasant odor |
| incentive | spur; motive; something which encourages one to greater activity |
| inception | start; beginning |
| incessant | uninterrupted; unceasing |
| inchoate | (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun; not explicit; at the beginning of development; rudimentary; elementary; Ex. inchoate mass |
| incidence | rate of occurrence; particular occurrence; Ex. high incidence of infant mortality |
| incident | event; event that causes a crisis |
| incidental | not essential; minor; N: something incidental |
| incinerate | burn to ashes |
| incipient | beginning; in an early stage |
| incisive | (appreciatively) cutting; sharp; Ex. incisive remarks; V. incise: make a cut into |
| incite | arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist; Ex. incite a riot/the crowd to rebellion |
| inclement | stormy; unkind; unmerciful; CF. clement |
| incline | slope; slant; Ex. steep incline |
| inclined | tending or leaning toward; bent; V. incline: slant; dispose; be disposed; tend |
| inclusive | tending to include all; all-inclusive; Ex. inclusive charge |
| incognito | with identity concealed; using an assumed name; ADJ. |
| incoherent | unintelligible; muddled; unable to express one's thoughts in an orderly manner; illogical; lacking cohesion; not coherent |
| incommodious | not spacious; inconvenient |
| incompatible | inharmonious; N. incompatibility |
| incongruity | lack of harmony; absurdity; ADJ. incongruous: lacking in harmony; inappropriate |
| inconsequential | insignificant; unimportant |
| inconsistency | state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness; ADJ. inconsistent: displaying a lack of consistency; erratic; contradictory; incompatible |
| incontinent | lacking self-restraint; not continent; licentious |
| incontrovertible | indisputable; impossible to dispute; not open to question; unquestionable |
| incorporate | introduce something into a larger whole; include; embody; give material form to; ADJ. |
| incorporeal | without a material body; insubstantial |
| incorrigible | uncorrectable |
| incredulity | tendency to disbelief |
| incredulous | withholding belief; skeptical; showing disbelief |
| increment | increase |
| incriminate | accuse of or implicate in a crime; serve as evidence against; cause to seem or make guilty of a crime; Ex. incriminating evidence |
| incrustation | hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust |
| incubate | hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease |
| incubus | burden; very worriying problem; mental care; nightmare; male devil; CF. succubus |
| inculcate | teach (ideas or principles); instill |
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