GRE Word List
IMPUISSANCE
weakness
The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| fester | to generate pus |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| expatriate | banish |