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

WordMeaning
delineateto describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
enormityan outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
latitudeangular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as
quaya structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place
crevicea narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
suppressto put down by authority or force : subdue
disarraya lack of order or sequence : confusion