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 |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |