GRE Word List
ADVERSITY
a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune
The meaning of the word adversity is a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| foppish | foolish |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |