GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |