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 |
|---|---|
| amend | to put right |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |