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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contraveneto go or act contrary to : violate
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indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
benevolentmarked by or disposed to doing good
opulencewealth
discrepancythe quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance
checkeredmarked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials
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irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial