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 |
|---|---|
| feint | something feigned |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |