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 |
|---|---|
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |