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 |
|---|---|
| endue | provide |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| effusion | an act of effusing |