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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Word | Meaning |
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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 |