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 |
|---|---|
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| contest | strive |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| stout | strong of character: such as |