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 |
|---|---|
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| edifice | building |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |