GRE Word List

IMBROGLIO

an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding

The meaning of the word imbroglio is an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding.

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WordMeaning
artfulperformed with or showing art or skill
hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
roilto make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
palatethe roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate
assayto analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components
chipa small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
esteemthe regard in which one is held