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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WordMeaning
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
indolentaverse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy
appallto overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay
austerestern and cold in appearance or manner
inchoatebeing only partly in existence or operation : incipient
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
aboriginalbeing the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
covertnot openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled
traverseto go or travel across or over