GRE Word List
HINDRANCE
the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered
The meaning of the word hindrance is the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| dint | force |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |