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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |