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 |
|---|---|
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| slake | subside |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |