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 |
|---|---|
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |