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 |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| chafe | irritate |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |