GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| fulcrum | prop |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |