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 |
|---|---|
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| verge | brink |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |