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 |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| foppish | foolish |
| upright | perpendicular |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| gnarl | snarl |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| dart | a light spear |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |