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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pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
enhanceheighten
grategrating
swaythe action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion
obscuredark
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
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pedanticof, relating to, or being a pedant
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