GRE Word List
QUANDARY
a state of perplexity or doubt
The meaning of the word quandary is a state of perplexity or doubt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| provenance | origin |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |