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 |
|---|---|
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| postulate | demand |