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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |