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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WordMeaning
iconoclastica person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
impenitentnot penitent
oafa stupid person : boob
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
contemptthe act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain
babbleto talk enthusiastically or excessively
arablefit for or used for the growing of crops
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act