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 |
|---|---|
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| cue | the letter q |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |