GRE Word List
CONUNDRUM
an intricate and difficult problem
The meaning of the word conundrum is an intricate and difficult problem.
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| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| doddering | feeble |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
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| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |