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    impervious

    impervious - Dictionary definition and meaning for word impervious

    Definition
    (adj) not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
    Synonyms : imperviable
    Example Sentence
    • a material impervious to water
    • someone impervious to argument
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for impervious

im(not)+pravesh(enter) so unpenetrable...

"i m pervez(pervez musharraf)"...no matter wat u say, i won't be affected!!

A pervert is trying to rape me. But I'm not scared. He won't be able to penetrate me, because I'm impervious - immuned to perverts.

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impervious = im-'not' + per-'completely' + vious 'via'[old] => not (completely via) => impossible to penetrate

impervious; here,{pervious= perversion}, thus im-pervious= which cannot be perversed with therefore which cannot be damaged or penetrated

IM = not + PERVIoUS = letting things through

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