GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| executioner | one who executes |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |