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 |
|---|---|
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |