GRE Word List

IMPEDIMENT

something that impedes

The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.

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WordMeaning
inroadan advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something
pranceto spring from the hind legs or move by so doing
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
fraileasily led into evil
gossamera film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
anodyneserving to alleviate pain
propagateto cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction
heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma
catalysta substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible