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 |
|---|---|
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| spruce | to make spruce |