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 |
|---|---|
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
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| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
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| vendetta | blood feud |