GRE Word List
IMBROGLIO
an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding
The meaning of the word imbroglio is an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |