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 |
|---|---|
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| lampoon | satire |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| billowing | wave |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |