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 |
|---|---|
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| forte | one's strong point |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |