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 |
|---|---|
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| reek | smoke |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |