GRE Word List
IMPUISSANCE
weakness
The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |