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 |
|---|---|
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |