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 |
|---|---|
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |