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 |
|---|---|
| impinge | encroach |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |