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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| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
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| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
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| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| rotunda | a round building |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |