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 |
|---|---|
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| coin | corner |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |