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 |
|---|---|
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| distend | extend |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| whimsy | whim |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |