GRE Word List
IMPUISSANCE
weakness
The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| upright | perpendicular |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |