GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |