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 |
|---|---|
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| enhance | heighten |
| grate | grating |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| obscure | dark |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |