GRE Word List
IMPUISSANCE
weakness
The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| spoof | deceive |