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 |
|---|---|
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| duration | continuance in time |