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 |
|---|---|
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| impinge | encroach |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |