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 |
|---|---|
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |