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 |
|---|---|
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |