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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|---|---|
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
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| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
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| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |