GRE Word List

IMPEDIMENT

something that impedes

The meaning of the word impediment is something that impedes.

Random words

WordMeaning
unsightlynot pleasing to the sight : not comely
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
hortatoryhortative
leerysuspicious
expeditiousmarked by or acting with prompt efficiency
devoutcommitted or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
finitehaving definite or definable limits
anecdotea usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
discernibleable to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned