GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| noisome | noxious |
| antiquity | ancient times |