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 |
|---|---|
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |