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 |
|---|---|
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| pending | during |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |