GRE Word List

DILEMMA

a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice

The meaning of the word dilemma is a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice.

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WordMeaning
phlegmaticresembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm
traverseto go or travel across or over
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imprecationcurse
evenhandedfair
skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
ambulatoryable to walk about and not bedridden
reprehensibleworthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable
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choreographythe art of symbolically representing dancing