GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
hindrance; stumbling-block; speech defect preventing clear articulation; Ex. speech impediment
The meaning of the word impediment is hindrance; stumbling-block; speech defect preventing clear articulation; Ex. speech impediment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vendetta | blood feud (esp. between two families); CF. Nina Williams |
| sere | sear; parched; dry |
| reduce | diminish; bring to a weaker or more difficult condition; demote; lower in rank; separate into components by analysis; Ex. reduced to the ranks; Ex. reduce the house to rubble; N. reduction |
| punctilious | minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio, punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail |
| horticultural | pertaining to cultivation of gardens; N. horticulture: science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants; CF. agriculture: science or art of farming or growing crops |
| esteem | respect; value; judge; N. |
| slapdash | hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done) |
| warble | (of a bird) sing; babble; N. |
| fallible | liable to err |
| vagabond | wanderer (without a permanent home); tramp |