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 |
|---|---|
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| drivel | nonsense |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| cryptic | secret |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |