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 |
|---|---|
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| scintilla | spark |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |