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 |
|---|---|
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |