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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formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
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spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
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scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
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