GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |