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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| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| slake | subside |