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 |
|---|---|
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |