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 |
|---|---|
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| cataclysm | flood |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |