GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |