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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|---|---|
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
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| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
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| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
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