Difficult GRE Words - Group 6
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| Difficult GRE Words - Group 6 | View Group Words |
impenitent 
1
 | n. the most important person in a group or undertaking; bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle |
| a. suitable or appropriate; keeping with expectations, norms, ideals, or rules |
| v. start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony |
| a. impervious to moral persuasion; of hard heart |
imperceptible
2
| v. expose to radiation; cast rays of light upon |
| n. refusal of any compromise; stubbornness |
| a. impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses |
| n. the most important person in a group or undertaking; bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle |
impermeable
3
| a. unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental |
| a. prejudiced; affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin; yellow or yellowish |
| n. refusal of any compromise; stubbornness |
| a. not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof |
improvident
4
| a. strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated |
| a. impervious to moral persuasion; of hard heart |
| v. cause to be extremely angry; set on fire; cause to burn; inflame; make hot or eager |
| a. thriftless; not providing for future; incautious |
impute
5
| a. prejudiced; affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin; yellow or yellowish |
| a. unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental |
| a. inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act |
| v. lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly |
inert
6
| n. feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression |
| a. naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated |
| a. inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act |
| v. cause to be extremely angry; set on fire; cause to burn; inflame; make hot or eager |
infirmity
7
| a. impervious to moral persuasion; of hard heart |
| n. weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age |
| a. accustomed; made tough by habitual exposure |
| a. unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted |
ingenuous
8
| v. make an island of; place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; isolate; separate |
| v. contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term |
| a. accustomed; made tough by habitual exposure |
| a. naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated |
instigate
9
| n. gayness; splendor; cheerfulness or celebration |
| n. weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age |
| v. stimulate to an action, urge, goad on |
| n. untrustworthy person; deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; man of humble birth; male servant |
interpose
10
| v. place between; thrust; intrude; be between, either for aid or for troubling |
| n. the right and power to interpret and apply the law; authority or control |
| a. unconquerable; incapable of being overcome |
| a. naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated |