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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| mote | a small particle : speck |