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 |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| acetic | vinegary |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |