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

WordMeaning
cognizancea distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing)
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
latitudeangular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as
vortexsomething that resembles a whirlpool
contrivancea thing contrived
exegesisexposition
reaperone that reaps
enterprisea project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
rivetinghaving the power to fix the attention : engrossing