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 |
|---|---|
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| throes | pang |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |