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impalpable

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not perceptible by touch or graspable by the mind

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Impalpable in a sentence

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An impalpable tension hung over the room that no one could quite name.

Synonyms
intangibleimperceptibleinsubstantial
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Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Impalpable (adjective) means not perceptible by touch or graspable by the mind
Here is impalpable used in an example sentence: "An impalpable tension hung over the room that no one could quite name."
Common synonyms for impalpable include intangible, imperceptible, insubstantial.
Antonyms of impalpable include palpable, tangible, concrete.
Impalpable is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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