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 |
|---|---|
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| cursive | running |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |