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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| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
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| querulous | habitually complaining |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
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