GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| cryptic | secret |