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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |