GRE Word List
IMPEDE
to interfere with or slow the progress of
The meaning of the word impede is to interfere with or slow the progress of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |