GRE Word List

IMPUISSANCE

weakness

The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.

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WordMeaning
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
pinnaclean upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
forsaketo renounce or turn away from entirely
dys-abnormal
somberso shaded as to be dark and gloomy
attritionsorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
validhaving legal efficacy or force
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
languishto be or become feeble, weak, or enervated