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 |
|---|---|
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |