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 |
|---|---|
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| impuissance | weakness |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |