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 |
|---|---|
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| consort | associate |
| primal | original |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| mischance | bad luck |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |