GRE Word List
IMPUISSANCE
weakness
The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| flounder | flatfish |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| remnant | a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |