GRE Word List
IMPEDIMENT
something that impedes
The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| fleck | streak |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |