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 |
|---|---|
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |