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 |
|---|---|
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| portly | dignified |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |