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 |
|---|---|
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |