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 |
|---|---|
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |