GRE Word List
THWART
to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of
The meaning of the word thwart is to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| betray | to lead astray |
| application | an act of applying: |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |