GRE Word List
IMPAIR
to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse
The meaning of the word impair is to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| abnegation | denial |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |