GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |