GRE Word List
HAMPER
to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede
The meaning of the word hamper is to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
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| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
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