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 |
|---|---|
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| broach | brooch |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |