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

WordMeaning
hindmostfarthest to the rear : last
ramifyto split up into branches or constituent parts
exegesisexposition
tenurethe act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)
demeanto lower in character, status, or reputation
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
stygianof or relating to the river Styx
privationan act or instance of depriving : deprivation
covertnot openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect