GRE Word List
IMPASSE
a predicament affording no obvious escape
The meaning of the word impasse is a predicament affording no obvious escape.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| seemly | good-looking |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |