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 |
|---|---|
| flounder | flatfish |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |