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 |
|---|---|
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |