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1.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior.
2.
Obsolete. shameless or brazenly immodest.
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Impudent
is a GRE word you need to know.
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| complicated and embarrassing state of things |
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| impudent (ˈɪmpjʊdənt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | mischievous, impertinent, or disrespectful |
| 2. | an obsolete word for immodest |
| 'impudently | |
| —adv | |
| 'impudentness | |
| —n | |
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impudent
late 14c., from L. impudens (gen. impudentis), from in- "not" + pudens (gen. pudentis), prp. of pudere "to cause shame."
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