GRE Word List
CONUNDRUM
an intricate and difficult problem
The meaning of the word conundrum is an intricate and difficult problem.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| junket | trip |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |