GRE Word List
IMPASSE
a predicament affording no obvious escape
The meaning of the word impasse is a predicament affording no obvious escape.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |