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 |
|---|---|
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
