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 |
|---|---|
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| ram | a male sheep |