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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repelto drive back : repulse
demeritoffense
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enactto establish by legal and authoritative act
repudiateto refuse to accept
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deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
raimentclothing
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
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