GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| throes | pang |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |