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 |
|---|---|
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| ancillary | subordinate |