GRE Word List

IMPUISSANCE

weakness

The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.

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WordMeaning
prerogativean exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as
donto put on (an article of clothing)
lethalof, relating to, or causing death
perturbto cause to be worried or upset : disquiet
indoctrinateto imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
hybridan offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera
verdigrisa green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates
friskto search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
supplantto supersede (another) especially by force or treachery