GRE Word List

IMPUISSANCE

weakness

The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.

Random words

WordMeaning
foilto prevent from attaining an end : defeat
blisscomplete happiness
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
despoilto strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage
jocosegiven to joking : merry
burgeonto send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout
bleakexposed and barren and often windswept
affiliationthe state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc.
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated