GRE Word List

IMPASSE

a predicament affording no obvious escape

The meaning of the word impasse is a predicament affording no obvious escape.

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disjointedbeing thrown out of orderly function
raspyharsh
polaritythe quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles
introspectivecharacterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection
ephemerallasting a very short time
frockan outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit
surfeitan overabundant supply : excess
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
plastera medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic