Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

impervious

 

impenetrable; not capable of being affected or disturbed

 

Impervious to the criticism of friend or foe, Mary sailed through life with no thought of becoming mired in shark-infested water.

 

Related English word: imperviousness

 

Latin root words: impervius, impervia, impervium - impassable; pervius, pervia, pervium - passable, affording a passage, having a road through

 

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