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 |
|---|---|
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| demise | death |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
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