GRE Word List
IMPUISSANCE
weakness
The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| convention | agreement |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |