GRE Word List
IMPUISSANCE
weakness
The meaning of the word impuissance is weakness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| historic | historical |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |