GRE Word List

QUANDARY

a state of perplexity or doubt

The meaning of the word quandary is a state of perplexity or doubt.

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grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
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distraughtagitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain
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