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 |
|---|---|
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |