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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| 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 |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| quarry | game |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |