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 |
|---|---|
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| eventual | contingent |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| fuddle | booze |