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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WordMeaning
outlawa person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
monographa learned treatise on a small area of learning
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
compassionsympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
primaryfirst in order of time or development : primitive
toadyone who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant
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prolongto lengthen in time : continue
impersonalhaving no personal reference or connection