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 |
|---|---|
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| viable | capable of living |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| propellant | capable of propelling |