GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| maroon | a dark red |
| dire | exciting horror |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |