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 |
|---|---|
| eventual | contingent |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |