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 |
|---|---|
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |