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 |
|---|---|
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| venue | locale |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |