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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WordMeaning
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification
grislyinspiring horror or intense fear
garnerto gather into storage
run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
berserkan ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable
righteousacting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin
littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude