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 |
|---|---|
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
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