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 |
|---|---|
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
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| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
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