GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |