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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| headlong | headfirst |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| deify | to make a god of |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |