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 |
|---|---|
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |