GRE Word List
FRUSTRATE
to balk or defeat in an endeavor
The meaning of the word frustrate is to balk or defeat in an endeavor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |