GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| engender | beget |