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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WordMeaning
inquisitivegiven to examination or investigation
onerousinvolving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome
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incidentan occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening
obsessivetending to cause obsession
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rudimentaryconsisting in first principles : fundamental
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute