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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WordMeaning
prateto talk long and idly : chatter
bugabooan imaginary object of fear
prescienceforeknowledge of events:
reckoncount
accrueto come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
pedestriancommonplace
reverberatereflect
summationthe act or process of forming a sum : addition
solaceto give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console