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 |
|---|---|
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |