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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extraneousexisting on or coming from the outside
mulctfine
manneredhaving manners of a specified kind
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
foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
corroborateto support with evidence or authority : make more certain
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
tractablecapable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
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