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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| braid | to make from braids |