GRE Word List

IMPUISSANCE

weakness

The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.

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WordMeaning
poreto gaze intently
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
anemiaa condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume
bara straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening)
innocuousproducing no injury : harmless
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
transcribeto make a written copy of