GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| intermediary | mediator |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| viand | an item of food |