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 |
|---|---|
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| cursive | running |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |