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 |
|---|---|
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| potentate | ruler |
| provenance | origin |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |