GRE Word List

IMPUISSANCE

weakness

The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.

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WordMeaning
defiancethe act or an instance of defying : challenge
reparteea quick and witty reply
refurbishto brighten or freshen up : renovate
mosaica surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns
maudlindrunk enough to be emotionally silly
fluxa flowing of fluid from the body: such as
rallyto muster for a common purpose
impoverishto make poor
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully