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 |
|---|---|
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |