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 |
|---|---|
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |