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 |
|---|---|
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
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| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| stout | strong of character: such as |