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 |
|---|---|
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |