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 |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |