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 |
|---|---|
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |