GRE Word List

IMPUISSANCE

weakness

The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.

Random words

WordMeaning
amorousstrongly moved by love and especially sexual love
peripatetica follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
infallibleincapable of error : unerring
repudiateto refuse to accept
reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated
linguisticof or relating to language or linguistics
buffooneryfoolish or playful behavior or practice