GRE Word List
AMBIGUOUS
doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
The meaning of the word ambiguous is doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| mischance | bad luck |