GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
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atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
verge | brink |
pantomime | pantomimist |
waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |