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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| scintilla | spark |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| charlatan | quack |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |