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 |
|---|---|
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| imprecation | curse |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |