GRE Word List
IMPUISSANCE
weakness
The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sentinel | sentry |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
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| append | attach |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |