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 |
|---|---|
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |