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 |
|---|---|
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| aria | air |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| charlatan | quack |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |