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 |
|---|---|
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| delve | excavate |
| forte | one's strong point |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |