GRE Word List

IMPEDIMENT

something that impedes

The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.

Random words

WordMeaning
mysticmystical
pacifistan adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes
resignationan act or instance of resigning something : surrender
soddendull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
flukeflatfish
jocundmarked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness
patrimonyan estate inherited from one's father or ancestor
illimitableincapable of being limited or bounded : measureless
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral