GRE Word List
DILEMMA
a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice
The meaning of the word dilemma is a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| comestible | edible |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |