GRE Word List
STYMIE
to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of
The meaning of the word stymie is to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |