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 |
|---|---|
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| lunar | crescent |
