GRE Word List

IMPEDIMENT

something that impedes

The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.

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WordMeaning
sybaritevoluptuary
computeto determine especially by mathematical means
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
retractto draw back or in
unprepossessingnot tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing
gallowsa frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged
sectarianof, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
belieto give a false impression of
divaprima donna