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
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| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
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| delusive | likely to delude |
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