GRE Word List

IMPEDIMENT

something that impedes

The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.

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rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
philologythe study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature
taciturntemperamentally disinclined to talk
deb\^aclesudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
mergerthe absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment
analgesiainsensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
creepto move along with the body prone and close to the ground
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill