GRE Word List
IMPUISSANCE
weakness
The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |