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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WordMeaning
rescindto take away : remove
patoisa dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
foregoto go before : precede
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
detrimentalobviously harmful : damaging
hegemonypreponderant influence or authority over others : domination
cursiverunning
snuffleto snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly
constraintthe act of constraining
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop