GRE Word List

IMPEDIMENT

something that impedes

The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.

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decoya pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture
therapeuticof or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative
malaproposin an inappropriate or inopportune way
commonplacecommonly found or seen : ordinary
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
memorializeto address or petition by a memorial
philanderera man who has sexual relations with many women
ambiencea feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
dismantleto disconnect the pieces of