GRE Word List
IMPUISSANCE
weakness
The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| auroral | dawn |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
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| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |