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 |
|---|---|
| desperate | having lost hope |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| warrant | sanction |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| 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 |