GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| verge | brink |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |