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 |
|---|---|
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
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| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
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