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 |
|---|---|
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |