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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providentfrugal
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prescienceforeknowledge of events:
eschewto avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun
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