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 |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| schism | division |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |