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 |
|---|---|
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |