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 |
|---|---|
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| farce | stuff |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| eventual | contingent |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| boor | peasant |