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 |
|---|---|
| finished | entirely done |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| delve | excavate |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| application | an act of applying: |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| sentinel | sentry |