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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| blackball | to vote against |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |