GRE Word List

IMBROGLIO

an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding

The meaning of the word imbroglio is an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding.

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crossa structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution
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concatenatelinked together
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malapropismthe usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase
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