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 |
|---|---|
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| sleek | slick |