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 |
|---|---|
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |