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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |