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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| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
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| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
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| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
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