GRE Word List

IMPEDIMENT

something that impedes

The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.

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overthrowoverturn
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obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined
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viscidhaving an adhesive quality : sticky
stolidhaving or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
vociferousmarked by or given to vehement insistent outcry