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 |
|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| remnant | a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| dire | exciting horror |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |