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 |
|---|---|
| chafe | irritate |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |