GRE Word List
IMPUISSANCE
weakness
The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| microcosm | a little world |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |