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 |
|---|---|
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| plait | pleat |
| devious | wandering |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |